###### IXDA Education Design Summit 2020  |  Milan, Italy  |  Workshop

In 2018 Martha Rettig and Sofie Hodara, began bringing augmented reality into their respective classrooms and personal design practices. As two educators at a public college, it was difficult to find tools for prototyping and publishing that weren’t reliant on programming skills, expensive platforms, and fancy hardware. And, when they actually published these experiences, they were confronted with similar barriers to entry. Working in augmented and virtual reality reminded us of working in the wild west of web design in the early 2000s: non-standardized workflows, tools, and platforms for designers.

Eager to bring this technology to their students and frustrated by limited options, they developed a rapid-prototyping tool that requires only a browser and smartphone. In 2019, after a year of development, Martha published an open-sourced platform: CabinAR. Since then it has been used at many colleges and conferences around the world.

Many workshop participants have taken CabinAR back to their highschool and college classrooms. Putting CabinAR into the hands of as many creators as possible, gives designers equal access to explore and develop knowledge in this space. Students don’t need access to expensive platforms and equipment to begin to develop the principles and standards for augmented reality experiences. CabinAR creates a hands-on learning environment, where designers and students alike can learn from observation through rapid prototyping and human testing.

This hands-on workshop is for anyone interested in creating augmented reality experiences with motion and interaction but doesn’t know how to get started. In only a few hours participants will be building in augmented reality using an open-source platform, a browser, and smartphone – no technically-opaque and cost-prohibitive technology – that they can easily bring back to any studio or classroom. Each participant will create their own live augmented reality experience that they can share with colleagues, students, and other conference participants.

We would be delighted to share it with the participants of the “Education Design Interaction Summit.”


## [Presentation Deck](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16X3skYpt3UHxeF0mDrjCYCQWx8SzHNkwAd2ImquomB0/edit?usp=sharing)

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Augmented Reality For The Classroom

###### MODE Summit 2021 Interplay Conference |  Workshop

Breaking Down the Barriers to Augmented Reality: Prototyping in the Classroom
Martha Rettig and Sofie Hodara

This hands-on workshop is for designers and educators interested in creating augmented reality experiences with motion and interaction.

When we began bringing augmented reality into our respective classrooms and personal design practices it was difficult to find tools for prototyping and publishing that weren’t reliant on programming skills, expensive platforms, and fancy hardware. And, when we actually published these experiences, we were confronted with similar barriers to entry. Today, not much has changed. It’s akin to working in the wild west of web design in the early 2000s, with the same obstacles of non-standardized workflows, tools, and design platforms.

Over the course of one hour, you will learn the basics of AR and demo potential platforms to use in your design classroom or personal practice. Using just a browser, and smartphone—no technically opaque and cost-prohibitive technology —create your own live augmented reality experience to share with colleagues, students, and other conference participants.


## [Presentation Deck](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AEg2napSJbpcO7kEInFSTUsrALQ7_YhXRRVHUFZLjpI/edit?usp=sharing)

## [Resources](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-vS5oqnYGt6eKUXhIjDTcGOUOclQJa553b6owxu3FLc/edit?usp=sharing)

Breaking Down the Barriers to Augmented Reality: Prototyping in the Classroom

###### FATE 2021 Infrastructure Conference  |  Co-Chair + Presenter  | Peer Reviewed

On college campuses, and even within schools of art and design, the prevailing
“learning management system” tools used to administer online teaching and
learning often fall short of meeting the specific needs of artists and designers.
While time-consuming workarounds can suffice, they are not always ideal—
given that these systems are usually designed for “general education” settings.
As art and design educators, what if we could start from scratch and build our
own tools? What features would both students and educators desire, and how
could these new tools positively affect outcomes?

## [Conference Schedule](https://0a9e3acf-849a-4a1c-862b-163ca8d6e99d.filesusr.com/ugd/1eb644_b57928efb14e455292b4959d1f38d323.pdf)

## [View Presentation Deck](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uvTjlFTKiwiSHit2r_6qBu8JUOHW3LM0/view?usp=sharing)



Workshops & Speaking

New Perspectives on Digital Tools for Collaborative Teaching and Learning in Art and Design

Exhibitions

Selected Design Work

Published Work

Work

Martha Rettig

Associate Professor

Massachusetts College of Art + Design

New Perspectives on Digital Tools for Collaborative Teaching and Learning in Art and Design

FATE 2021 Infrastructure Conference | Co-Chair + Presenter | Peer Reviewed

Conference Schedule

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